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Whitewright: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 34. The highest number of fires - 82 took place in 2016, and the least - 2 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


The median response time in Whitewright, TX compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Whitewright:	11 minutes
Bells:	10 minutes
Van Alstyne:	7 minutes
Bonham:	5 minutes
Anna:	9 minutes
Blue Ridge:	12 minutes
Sherman:	6 minutes
Melissa:	8 minutes
Celeste:	9 minutes

36.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.1%) on Monday.
According to the 513 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (14.6%) took place during July, and the least (4.3%) in March.
Out of all 1,266 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (40.5%), Rescue & EMS (32.4%), and Good Intent Call (11.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitewright, TX
• 51340.5%Fire
• 41032.4%Rescue & EMS
• 15111.9%Good Intent Call
• 1179.2%Hazardous Condition
• 383.0%Service Call
• 332.6%False Alarm
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (58.1%), and Structure Fires (34.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitewright, TX
• 29858.1%Outside Fires
• 17834.7%Structure Fires
• 295.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 81.6%Other